Autographic register



' March 9, 1926.

- G. J. NETH AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER Filed Oct. 6, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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March 9 1926.

G. J. NETH AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Oct. 6, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. M1,

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Patented Mar. 9,;1926.

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. GEUI'QJG'T, J. NE'EH, OF-DAYTON, QHIO, ASSIGNOKETO THE EGRY REGISTER CQM PANYQOF Defy-TON, onro, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

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- Application filed tictober 6; 1922. Serial No. 592,712.

To all whom/ it may concern: Be it known that I, GEono-n J. NETH, a

4 citiz en of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of @hio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Autographic Registers,ot'whicltthe following is aspeciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. I I

My invention'relates to autograph regis-- ters and in particular to a record roll mechanism. i

It is an record roll and maintaining a uniform ten It is a further object to provide means of adjusting this tension atany 'pi edetermined point, and ot so arranging the mechanism of my invention that it will automatically ad ust itself to maintainythis tension. v t is a further object of my invention to provide means of driving the record roll and simultaneously actuating the record roll strip, and the issued slips from the issue strips, so that no slack will be. permitted" in the record roll strip.

- c It is-furth'er object to provide mechanism that, when it rests, will not permit the record roll to become loosened or unwound.

', Referring tothe drawings:

ing my invention with a portion of the cover broken away to disclose one margin of the h perforated paper;

in the clutch;

I i 2 is a section taken substantially on theline 22 of Fig.1 looking in the directions of the arrow;

Fig. 3 is a-section on the line 3- -3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow;

Fig. i is an enlarged view, from the adjusting side of the. clutch mechanism;

Fig.5 is an end elevation of a clutch disassembled; I

Fig. 6' is an endelevation of the nut -use Fi 7 is. an end elevation ofanut washer used in the chgtch;

i Fig. 8 is a section on the IineB-B of Fig. 4 showing the clutch members,-gears,

etc. in assembled position. v

Referring .to the drawings it will be un-' derstood that this register isof that t pe kn wn as a pin. wheel reg s e and i J object to provide positivemeansin an autograph register for tak ng up a handle '12 upon whic able stop 13 and stop I this space the record roll stri Fig. 1 is a plan view of a register showdesignated 17 troduction of the pins infthe holes in the .margms ofthe paper. 2

l'is a cover of .a register having a base 2 and a front end wall "3. Beneath the cover is a writing table l provided with a slot or slots one on either side for the pars sage 0f-pins 5 through this slotwhich is.

designated 6. v

Adjacent to the cover l a'nd somewhat beneath it is a cover portion'iwhich has a Zharp dividing member-and elevating memr 8. The cover 1 provides its front edge adiacent-to 8 with afcutting e land the cutting edge 9 are rigid when in operative position.

I The pins 5 are mounted on a wheel 10.

which in turn is mounted on a' main driving shaft 11. 'lhis staft'js driven by the is mounted a movhandle 14 of any conventional character. 13 comes in contact witha lug l5 to hold the mechanism at rest.

. it will be apparent that 12 between the ends of 4 and 8. Through l6 passesr.

The other strips are ejecte through the openings between 8 and '9 having been separated by 8 iromolti. These strips are l Mountedrupon theshaftfll is a master e9. The cover there is a space driving gear 18 which meshes with a clutch driving gear 19. The clutch driving gear 19 isloosely mounted upon a sleeve 20 having a flange 21 in the shape of a disk, and an extended portion 22 with threads 23 thereon. a

20 is supported upon a stub shaft 24;

which is screwed into the side wa11'25 of the register as at 26. It has a head 27 with a groove 28 for ready engagement witha screw driver. 22 has a cutaway portion 29 cut in the outer end thereof in which the lugs 30 of'the lock washer 31 fits to pre-.

vent the rotation .of the washer.

Another gear similar to -1 9- desi ated 32'-is looselymountedu on 20, an separated from 19 by a c'lutc is mounted on the other side of 32 loosely upon 20.

. Mounted upon the threaded, outer end of at '22 is, the spring clutch'member 35 having a plurality of spring fingers 36,"'a

- I .Thisnutiis threaded portion. of which .as at '37 comes in contact with the face 34, and the remainder of which i as at 38 is, arched to separate the remainder of them from 34, and to bring the central portion of these fingers where they are united to one another in contact with the locking nut '39 .which has a plurality .of teeth" 40. and grooves 4lntlierebetween on the periphery thereof. p

upon 22.. The lock washer 31 is provided with downturned I lugs 43. Which-are inserted inthe grooves or cutaway psr'tions 41 of thenut; 39. A locking-pin-4 4 is inserted into the nut and also into the slip clamping member. 'A slm lar locking. pin 45 is inserted into 34 and is carried by the outer end 37 of'35.

46 is an intermediate gear. meshing with the driven gear 32 of theclutch. 46.is pivoted on 47- which is in turn supported by the side wall 25.. Meshingwith' 46 is another pinion 48 turning on 49. 48 ineshes with a record roll gear 50ifas'tened to a regord roll'51 which is mounted upon a record.

roll. axle. 52 journaled at 53' in the side wall 25. "Itis likewisesupported at the other end by the. side wall, v I

It will be apparent in operation that as the pins 5 engage snugly with holes 54 in the paper the paper will be driven forward,

a portion of which is projected andanother portion wound'on the record roll 51.;

As the pinsare carried bythe wheels 10, there being a wheel on either side of the register engaging with the marginal perforations on-either side of .the paper, the

gears. in'the gear train will take up ,the

paper strip'lti on the record. roll"51 and maintain, it taut so'that therewill be. no slack,'and the paper, will be tightly wound,- but in 'view of the -fact that the more paper there is wound upon 51 the greater the tension there will be upon 16 the paper might betorn, or if it were'a machine withoutpin wheels the paper might slip out of alignment through the feeding devices. To'relieve this i conditiontheclutch interposed inthe driving line when the tension becomes greater than the frictional resistance between-the several clutch members, will permit the several members to slip with respect to one another thus'adjusting the tensionpn the strip 16 and maintaining it at a constant value.

It will beunderstoodthat the parts car-- i y 2 t n lvit a l pon 24,

. just'ed positions.

can be modified. When the handle is in a position as shown in Fig. 1 the whole structure including the sheets will be held in a predetermined position during the writing operation .upon the sheets '17 and 16 through an opening 55 in the cover 1.

It will be understood that I do not desire to be confined to this specific adaptation of my invention, but comprehend. within it. suitable modifications which may be necessary in'adapting it to varying conditions.

Having thus fully. described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an autographic register, a clutch consisting-of driving and driven gears and clutch plates on opposite'sides of the gears, means to support said gears and clutch plates in cooperative relation, means to maintain said gears and clutch plates in engagement with one another until'a predetermined force is applied when they are adapted to slip upon one another 'includipg a yielding member mounted on one side of said clutch, an adjustable nut to regulate the compres sion on said yielding member, means on said nut to positively engage said yielding member to prevent rotation of the latter, means on the yielding, means to in turn positively engage with one of the clutch plates, and means to position and lock said nut in ad- 2. In an autographic register, a clutch consisting of' a'sleeve having a disk flange on one end, a plurality of spaced gears loosely .mounted on said sleeve, at least one clutch disk interposed'b'etween said gears, onsaid 'sleeve a clutch disk on said sleeve beyond r said gears, yielding member mounted on the other end of said sleeve and having spring arms radiating therefrom engagingwith the second mentioned disk to press one of saidgears against said flange on the sleeve, a locking nut adjustably threaded on the other .end of said sleeve for engage-- ment with said yielding membertoregulateits tension, a'lock washer having means thereon for positively engaging," in cutaway portions in said other end of the sleeve, meanson the washer for positively engaging in cutaway portions in the peri )hery of the .nut, a locking pin between the nut and yielding member, and a lockingpin between' the yielding member and sai tioned clutch disk.

I Intestimony whereof, I aflix my signature.

' l GEORGE. J. NETH,

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